Groundwater Resources and Development in Bangladesh Background to the Arsenic Crisis, Agricultural Potential and the Environment

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WATER

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Groundwater Resources and Development in Bangladesh Background to the Arsenic Crisis, Agricultural Potential and the Environment

Authors

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A. Atiq Rahman and Peter Ravenscroft

ISBN-10(13)

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Blank

Publisher

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The University Press Limited (UPL-Dhaka)

Publication Date

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2003-01-01

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English

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Tk. 1000.00

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The book explains how tubewell irrigation has been used to drive the Green Revolution in Bangladesh and some of the negative consequences that have accompanied unfettered development. Finally, the book concludes with an account of the arsenic crisis--- its causes, extent and how it impacts on the health of the people, and the technical solutions that may be used to provide safe drinking water to the people of Bangladesh.

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